Japanese River Crabs?

[estone888]

Does anyone know anywhere in L.A. that serves these? A friend, whose taste I trust, was recently in Las Vegas and had an appetizer of Japanese River Crabs at a restaurant called Sushi Samba - apparently a small chain, Japanese / Brazillian. He says that they were fantastic. I won't be in Las Vegas anytime soon, but I'd like to try some. Anybody know anywhere? Thanks.

[nomnomnoms]

i LURVE me them crunchy deep fried river crabs. they used to be available LIVE at Chinese seafood markets, but that was when i was still in grade school (10-something years ago).

[JudiAU]

Hirozen usually has them to, and cheaper than at the other places.

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Hirozen
8385 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048

[wakko11]

Sushi Iki regularly has live sawagani. Chef Eddie fries them up nice and crisp. Very tasty.

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Sushi Iki
18663 Ventura Blvd Ste 106, Tarzana, CA 91356

[kevin]

what else at sushi iki is good?

[kevin]

i think they have those tiny crabs at Kazu in studio city also.

[estone888]

Thanks all. I'll call around and see what I can find out, then report back after consuming some. They are the sawagani crabs.

[J.L.]

If you're talking sawagani crabs, R23 used to have them all the time. Kiriko has them as well.

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Kiriko
11301 W Olympic Blvd Ste 102, Los Angeles, CA 90064

R23
923 E. 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013

[Jwsel]

I saw the little crabs at Kiriko a few weeks ago. I would have ordered them, but I was already stuffed.

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Kiriko
11301 W Olympic Blvd Ste 102, Los Angeles, CA 90064

[J.L.]

Aw c'mon... There always enough room for river crab!

[J.L.]

Just went to Kiriko last night, and had me some fine fried sawagani! Their kinmedai was in season, and sublime. The SD uni was fantastic as well. Kiriko is amazng.

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Kiriko
11301 W Olympic Blvd Ste 102, Los Angeles, CA 90064

[exilekiss]

Hi estone888,

They used to be served (delicious!) at the now defunct Kaiseki-version of Kagura. :( Nice to hear that Asanebo had them (thanks to Bombay). It's definitely a supply / seasonal thing, as the multiple times I went to Asanebo, we never saw them. Good luck.

[BombayUpWithaTwist]

If you are talking about the teeny tiny crabs (sawagani) that are deep fried, they had them at Asanebo a couple of months ago. They were delicious! I would call to make sure they still have them.

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Asanebo
11941 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604